the river runs through my heart

"bosch" / engineer fighting climate change / I like talking to people! please feel free to say hi / often running semi-queued / theme brought to you via vortex-atom

[rancidthing-deactivated20240711]

its all about the jaws and the paws

[rancidthing-deactivated20240711]

i said the jaws!

and the paws!

and just a little bit of style

[molabuddy]

3 hours of sleep = i hate people who laugh

0 ours of sleep = waouw 🌼🌼🌼🌼🐎

[molabuddy]

we all need to take better care of our selfs or we might Pass away

[princecroutons]

does croutons know how to count to 4

his mind is unburdened by the concept of basically everything

[silverbridge-harbor]

A juvenile bug isn't called a larva until it reaches the surface. While it's still underground it's called a margma

[nuclearspaceheater]

My job on the solarpunk commune will be making artisanal polyethylene.

[anonymusbosch]

do you have a better life now than your grandparents did at your age?

yes

no

it's complicated

don't know

Remaining time: 5 days 15 hours

[anonymusbosch]

can you afford more now than your grandparents could at your age?

yes

no

it's complicated

don't know

Remaining time: 5 days 15 hours

[anonymusbosch]

do you think you're happier now than your grandparents were at your age?

yes

no

it's complicated

don't know

Remaining time: 5 days 15 hours

[anonymusbosch]

do you have a better life now than your grandparents did at your age?

yes

no

it's complicated

don't know

Remaining time: 5 days 15 hours

[anonymusbosch]

can you afford more now than your grandparents could at your age?

yes

no

it's complicated

don't know

Remaining time: 5 days 15 hours

[anonymusbosch]

do you have a better life now than your grandparents did at your age?

yes

no

it's complicated

don't know

Remaining time: 5 days 15 hours

[anonymusbosch]

one thing that did not exist at my college, though I double majored in mechanical engineering and history, was a class exploring the history and politics of manufacturing and engineering development worldwide. in what ways have different regions and nations intentionally spurred development? how have wars, poverty, and conflict stifled it? how do different economic strategies and cultural philosophies influence what is developed and where and when? religion, colonization (and withdrawal of colonial powers, where applicable), trade, nationalism/protectionism, industrialization, even things like crop failures and famine - how does it all play into the physical infrastructure of fabrication and into the the body of knowledge available to the average engineer?

I am in part motivated by general curiosity, in part by current affairs, in part by curiosity about what better policy would look like, and in part out of... indebted-connection-feeling to the manufacturers overseas who fabricate so much of the built world (and components I've designed)

I've been reading some, but in a scattershot fashion: I don't have the bird's-eye view of the broader trends

[anonymusbosch]

this is also drawing on recent experience of having quotes repeatedly revised because the material prices and tariffs changed multiple times over the course of a single project. why is the administration so protectionist and so fixated on If We Just Raise Tariffs, American Manufacturing Will Rise Again? Without sustained investment in R&D, trade workers, engineers/architects, basic education, domestic supply chains, and actual capital expenditures for equipment, that doesn't make things better for anyone. I have not read deeply on the matter but at first pass it seems like... the administration believes China is succeeding through IP theft(???) and that ... honestly it just seems like "communism bad, China bad" is the dominant attitude. I'm half asleep this is not a cogent thought but like the US could stop kicking itself in its own nuts by being a bit less racist and a bit more outcome-focused

[anonymusbosch]

surely a more Poastful version of this post will come to me

[anonymusbosch]

one thing that did not exist at my college, though I double majored in mechanical engineering and history, was a class exploring the history and politics of manufacturing and engineering development worldwide. in what ways have different regions and nations intentionally spurred development? how have wars, poverty, and conflict stifled it? how do different economic strategies and cultural philosophies influence what is developed and where and when? religion, colonization (and withdrawal of colonial powers, where applicable), trade, nationalism/protectionism, industrialization, even things like crop failures and famine - how does it all play into the physical infrastructure of fabrication and into the the body of knowledge available to the average engineer?

I am in part motivated by general curiosity, in part by current affairs, in part by curiosity about what better policy would look like, and in part out of... indebted-connection-feeling to the manufacturers overseas who fabricate so much of the built world (and components I've designed)

I've been reading some, but in a scattershot fashion: I don't have the bird's-eye view of the broader trends

[anonymusbosch]

this is also drawing on recent experience of having quotes repeatedly revised because the material prices and tariffs changed multiple times over the course of a single project. why is the administration so protectionist and so fixated on If We Just Raise Tariffs, American Manufacturing Will Rise Again? Without sustained investment in R&D, trade workers, engineers/architects, basic education, domestic supply chains, and actual capital expenditures for equipment, that doesn't make things better for anyone. I have not read deeply on the matter but at first pass it seems like... the administration believes China is succeeding through IP theft(???) and that ... honestly it just seems like "communism bad, China bad" is the dominant attitude. I'm half asleep this is not a cogent thought but like the US could stop kicking itself in its own nuts by being a bit less racist and a bit more outcome-focused

[anonymusbosch]

surely a more Poastful version of this post will come to me

[anonymusbosch]

one thing that did not exist at my college, though I double majored in mechanical engineering and history, was a class exploring the history and politics of manufacturing and engineering development worldwide. in what ways have different regions and nations intentionally spurred development? how have wars, poverty, and conflict stifled it? how do different economic strategies and cultural philosophies influence what is developed and where and when? religion, colonization (and withdrawal of colonial powers, where applicable), trade, nationalism/protectionism, industrialization, even things like crop failures and famine - how does it all play into the physical infrastructure of fabrication and into the the body of knowledge available to the average engineer?

I am in part motivated by general curiosity, in part by current affairs, in part by curiosity about what better policy would look like, and in part out of... indebted-connection-feeling to the manufacturers overseas who fabricate so much of the built world (and components I've designed)

I've been reading some, but in a scattershot fashion: I don't have the bird's-eye view of the broader trends

[anonymusbosch]

this is also drawing on recent experience of having quotes repeatedly revised because the material prices and tariffs changed multiple times over the course of a single project. why is the administration so protectionist and so fixated on If We Just Raise Tariffs, American Manufacturing Will Rise Again? Without sustained investment in R&D, trade workers, engineers/architects, basic education, domestic supply chains, and actual capital expenditures for equipment, that doesn't make things better for anyone. I have not read deeply on the matter but at first pass it seems like... the administration believes China is succeeding through IP theft(???) and that ... honestly it just seems like "communism bad, China bad" is the dominant attitude. I'm half asleep this is not a cogent thought but like the US could stop kicking itself in its own nuts by being a bit less racist and a bit more outcome-focused

[anonymusbosch]

one thing that did not exist at my college, though I double majored in mechanical engineering and history, was a class exploring the history and politics of manufacturing and engineering development worldwide. in what ways have different regions and nations intentionally spurred development? how have wars, poverty, and conflict stifled it? how do different economic strategies and cultural philosophies influence what is developed and where and when? religion, colonization (and withdrawal of colonial powers, where applicable), trade, nationalism/protectionism, industrialization, even things like crop failures and famine - how does it all play into the physical infrastructure of fabrication and into the the body of knowledge available to the average engineer?

I am in part motivated by general curiosity, in part by current affairs, in part by curiosity about what better policy would look like, and in part out of... indebted-connection-feeling to the manufacturers overseas who fabricate so much of the built world (and components I've designed)

I've been reading some, but in a scattershot fashion: I don't have the bird's-eye view of the broader trends

[adiantum-sporophyte]

[adiantum-sporophyte]

not pictured: second plate of tomatoes

[adiantum-sporophyte]

[adiantum-sporophyte]

Good luck in the bargain room has allowed me to scale up my tomato plates. Possibly I can't eat this all myself.

[adiantum-sporophyte]

[anonymusbosch]

oh I did not realize that this includes three (implied four) tomato plates in a single day

[adiantum-sporophyte]

[adiantum-sporophyte]

not pictured: second plate of tomatoes

[adiantum-sporophyte]

[adiantum-sporophyte]

Good luck in the bargain room has allowed me to scale up my tomato plates. Possibly I can't eat this all myself.

[adiantum-sporophyte]

[thelethalsilence]

cicada jacket is done-for-the-moment! I realized while putting the orange on that I'd messed up the wing venation slightly but hopefully anyone who knows enough about cicadas to notice will be excited enough about the cicada jacket to forgive

[humanbyweight]

I shared this post with the author of the periodicity paper (Will Chatfield-Taylor), and he said "I'm super excited by this! I recognize the magnifica wings immediately. It's wonderful!"

Artists and scientists inspiring each other. You love to see it. 🥹

[chateauofmymind]

have you ever suddenly + involuntarily lost consciousness

yes (fainted)

yes (head trauma)

yes (substance-induced)

yes (lack of oxygen)

yes (blood loss)

yes (multiple)

no

Remaining time: 3 days 44 minutes

[anonymusbosch]

mcm has GOTTA be my new least favorite imperial/American unit

[anonymusbosch]

In the North American electrical industry, conductors thicker than 4/0 AWG are generally identified by the area in thousands of circular mils (kcmil), where 1 kcmil = 0.5067 mm2. The next wire size thicker than 4/0 has a cross section of 250 kcmil. A circular mil is the area of a wire one mil in diameter. One million circular mils is the area of a circle with 1,000 mil (1 inch) diameter. An older abbreviation for one thousand circular mils is MCM.

(wikipedia)